The Enormous Crocodile Role-play Level 3
Cast ? Narrator 1 Enormous Roly-Poly children girl Crocodile Bird ? Narrator 2 Trunky Muggle- boy Wump Work with the children to allocate characters and prepare a short performance. Discuss the stage directions in advance and make sure the children understand how to follow the script.
(The Enormous Crocodile meets the Roly-Poly Bird.)
Roly-Poly Bird: Hello there! We don’t often see you here in the jungle.
Enormous Crocodile: Ah. I have clever ideas.
Roly-Poly Bird: I hope they are nice ideas.
Enormous Crocodile: Oh, yes! They’re very small and very sweet. They are the greatest things to eat!
Roly-Poly Bird: I know! Fruit!
Narrator 1: The Enormous Crocodile laughed.
Enormous Crocodile: Crocodiles don’t eat fruit! We eat boys and girls! And Roly-Poly Birds, too!
Narrator 2: He bit the bird’s tail, but the bird f lew out of the tree. Copyright © The Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd / Quentin Blake, 2020 Ltd / Quentin Blake, Story Company © The Dahl Roald Copyright
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Narrator 1: The Enormous Crocodile came out of the jungle and went into a playground.
Enormous Crocodile: Now, for Clever Idea Number One!
Narrator 2: He found some wood, and he put it on the grass. Then, he got on it and stayed very straight.
Narrator 1: When the children came out of school, they were excited.
children: Look! A new see-saw!
Enormous Crocodile: When a child sits on my head, I can eat their feet!
Narrator 2: Then, Muggle-Wump ran out of the trees.
Muggle-Wump: That’s not a see-saw! It’s the Enormous Crocodile, and he wants to eat you!
Narrator 1: The children ran, and Muggle-Wump ran, too.
Narrator 2: Now, the Enormous Crocodile was hungry. He came to a fair, and he saw a roundabout.
Enormous Crocodile: Here’s Clever Idea Number Two!
Narrator 1: When no one could see him, he went and stood on the roundabout.
girl: I want to go on that horse!
boy: I want to go on that old wooden crocodile.
Narrator 2: Then, the Roly-Poly Bird f lew down. Copyright © The Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd / Quentin Blake, 2020 Ltd / Quentin Blake, Story Company © The Dahl Roald Copyright
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Roly-Poly Bird: It isn’t a wooden crocodile. It’s the Enormous Crocodile, and he wants to eat you!
Narrator 1: The children ran from the Enormous Crocodile.
Narrator 2: Now, the Enormous Crocodile was VERY hungry. He came to a picnic place.
Enormous Crocodile: Here’s Clever Idea Number Three!
Narrator 1: He put some f lowers on a table and stood next to it like a bench.
Narrator 2: Soon, four children came for a picnic.
children: Let’s sit at the table with the f lowers!
Narrator 1: Then, Trunky ran out of the jungle.
Trunky: That isn’t a bench! It’s the Enormous Crocodile, and he wants to eat you!
Narrator 2: The children ran from the Enormous Crocodile.
Narrator 1: Trunky ran to the Enormous Crocodile. He held his tail and threw him around and around.
Narrator 2: He threw him faster . . . and faster . . .
Narrator 1: and FASTER.
Narrator 2: Then, the Enormous Crocodile went up, up . . . Above the clouds, Past the moon. Past the stars.
Narrator 1: He went into the sun and went BANG, like a hot sausage! Copyright © The Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd / Quentin Blake, 2020 Ltd / Quentin Blake, Story Company © The Dahl Roald Copyright
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